Car-fender



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

J. B. CAMPBELL.

GAR FENDER.

No. 543,924. Patented Aug. 6, 1895.

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JAMES B. CAMPBELL, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-FENDER.

$PECIFI CATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 543,924, dated August 6, 1895.

Application filed April 18, 1895, Serial No. 546,222. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES B. CAMPBELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of'Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Street or other Railway Oar Fenders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved street or other railway car guard or fender; and it consists in certain details of construction and the combination of parts, as will be fully described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved car fender or guard, which is constructed and arranged in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3

,is'an enlarged side sectional elevation of the fender-bar, showing the latch for locking the fender in a horizontal position. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 5 is an enlarged side elevation of the foot-trip and its connected mechanism. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of a portion of the rear or back of the fender.

To construct a car-fender in accordance with my invention and attach the same to a street or other'railway car 1, I provide a tube 2 and bend the same as shown at Fig. 1, to form the frame, and attach suitable latticework 11 across the same, together'with hinged portions 12 to admit of the fender being folded or moved vertically over the draw-bar of the car 1. These hinged portions 12 are held closed by means of a spring friction: catch 13, arranged at the front of the fenderbar. connected to bars 4, which are pivoted in yokes 8, and held in a horizontal position by means of a pivoted latch 9, in contact with projections 10 formed on the said bars 4.. These latches 9, when released by revolving the same upward, will permit the fender to be folded or placed in a vertical position. The yokes 8 are pivotally connected to adjustable bars 29 29, which arealso pivoted The free ends of this bent tube 2 are to a fixed frame 28, attached beneath the floor of the car 1. By means of these adjustable bars 29 29, the rear end of the fender may be elevated or lowered to suit the height of the car upon which it is placed.

Pivotally connected to the yokes 8 are bent bars 14, to which the latches 9 are connected, said bent bars having the rear portions bent to a vertical position and having attached thereto an adjustable back 15, formed of spring lattice-work. This back 14c is pivotally attached to a long bent lever 17, which extends upwardly above the fioor of the car, where the same is attached to a rack-bar by means of pawls, &c., as will be fully described hereinafter.

Arranged Within the rearwardly-extending portions of the bent tube 2 are spiral springs 3, which bear against the ends of the supporting-bars 4, and adapted to permit the fender to move back and forward when brought in contact with an objector obstruction on the track, and the said movement limited by means of pins 6, passing through slots 5, formed through the front ends of the said supporting-bars 1. This movement of the fender, as above described, will break the force of the blow, and in the backward movement of the said fender operate the lever 17 to drop the front. end of the same close to the track, thereby picking up any object should the motorman or operator fail to release the pawl within the car.

Arranged within the car 1 is a circular rackbox 20 suitably attached to the floor of the same, having a dog-pawl 19 connected to the lever 17, adapted to engage with the said rackbar and hold the fender at any desired position above the track. This pawl is provided at the front with a tapering portion 22, which, when brought in contact with a roller 23, j ournaled in a bell-crank 23', will release the said pawl 19 and permit the fender to drop in close contact with the street or rails. This movement is accomplished by means of a bar 27, having a frictional bearing against the rear of the fender, (with a recovering-spring arranged about the same,) and attached to a bell-crank 26, and the said crank connected by a rod 25 to the bell-crank 23'. Connected to the pawl 19 is a lock 24., which engages with a notch or reduced portion of the rack 20 and serves to keep the fender in the position desired, should the pawl 19 he accidentally released, and at the same time prevents the pawl from engaging with the rack when once released, either by an object striking the same or by the operator.

To enable the operator to elevate or lower the fender a treadle 18 is pivoted to the top of lever 17 and connected to the pawl 19 by a rod 21, over which a spring is arranged to return the treadle 18.

By means of a car-fender such as described the operator may elevate or lower the front in close contact with the street by simply placing his foot upon the treadle l8, or if the obstruction is met with before the operator has time or presence of mind to lower the fender, the same will automatically lower itself, as the weight of the object or obstruction will cause the fender to move back, thereby operating the bar 27 and bell-cranks 26 23' to release the pawl 19 and permit the fender to drop.

It will be noticed by this construction of a carfender that the same may be adjusted to suit high or low cars, and that the height of the fender may be raised or lowered by ad justing the bars 29 to any position desired, and also the back or rear guard 15 may be arranged to any desired position to suit the balance of the device.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a car-fender, the combination of the fender, proper, the yokes connected thereto, a support carrying said yokes, the upwardly and rearwardly extending bent-bars with their lower ends arranged in said yokes and pivoted thereto, latches carried, by said bentbars and engaging projections on said fender, proper, and the lever connected to said bentbars and adapted to be held in position, substantially as set forth.

2. In a car-fender, the combination of the fender, proper, the yokes connected to said fender, a support for said yokes, the rearwardly and upwardly extending bent-bars with their lower ends pivoted to said yokes, latches carried by said bent-bars and engaging projections on said fender, a bell-crank lever connected to said upwardly extending bent-bars, and a dog-pawl carried by said lever and engagingarack, and a treadle pivoted upon the upper end of said lever and having a spring-pressed connection with said dogpawl, substantially as set forth.

3. In a car-fender, the combination of the fender, proper, means for pivotally supporting it in position, the bell-crank lever for actuating the same, having a dog-pawl adapted to be operated by the attendant and engage a retaining device or rack, a bell-crank adapted to he engaged by said dog-pawl, alockingdevice between said dog-pawl and one arm of said bell-crank, a second bell-crank, a rod or connection between said bell-cranks and a rod or connection between said second bellcrank and said fender, proper, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto aifix' my signature this 16th day of April, A. D. 1895.

JAMES B. CAMPBELL. [L. s]

In presence of- ALBERT J. WALKER, RALPH DAUB. 

